The 9 Muses are daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, Greek goddesses personifying the inspiration for the sciences and the arts.
My highly opinionated news-blog draws inspiration from both the science and the art of Rheumatology.
Viscosupplementation in Knee Osteoarthritis: Evidence Revisited ➢ The body of evidence surrounding the use of viscosupplementation in knee osteoarthritis is extensive and fraught with heterogeneous trials with conflicting conclusions. m.reviews.jbjs.org…
High Mortal Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Following Arthroplasty Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and post-MI fatality compared with the general population. At…
Overview of immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is… uptodate.com IgG4-Related Disease: a recently described disease, but its known clinical manifestations are from of old. Finally, after all…
WuXi AppTec & Juno Therapeutics Set Up Cell Therapy Company US-based biopharmaceutical Juno Therapeutics and China-based open-access R&D company, WuXi AppTec, have joined forces in setting up a cell therapy……
RS3PE revisited: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 331 cases Full Papers; Authors: Paras Karmacharya, Anthony A. Donato, Madan R. Aryal, Sushil Ghimire, Ranjan… www.clinexprheumatol.org RS3PE stands for Relapsing/Remitting Seronegative…
Identification of a novel chemokine-dependent molecular mechanism underlying rheumatoid arthritis-associated autoantibody-mediated bone loss m.ard.bmj.com While RA patients are at higher risk for Osteoporosis due to prolonged uncontrolled inflammation and steroid…
Anti-Mullerian Hormone Test May Predict Bone Loss Assay measures BMD during transition to menopause www.medpagetoday.com The Anti-Mullerian Hormone is often measured in fertility circles as a gauge of ovarian reserves.…
Doctors Experiment With New Way of Fixing the ACL Preliminary results suggest that healing an original A.C.L. without the usual grafts may be a viable option in the future. mobile.nytimes.com|By…
Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Denervation of the Medial Calcaneal Nerve Clin J Sport Med. 2016 Feb 10. [Epub ahead of print] www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov|By Counsel PD , et al. A non-surgical option for plantar…
From osteoarthritic synovium to synovial-derived cells characterization: synovial macrophages are key effector cells <p>Translating research into clinical practice. Arthritis Research & Therapy is a leading journal in the field of…
